Summary

  • Sonic Superstars is one of the bigger let-downs of Sonic's career in recent years.
  • Sega has previously admitted it was a sales disappointment, but Sega's president has now gone one step further.
  • In a recent interview, Shuji Utsumi outright called Sonic Superstars a "disappointment".

president Shuji Utsumi admitted in a recent interview that w✨as a "disappointment" for the company, especially compared to .

Although Sonic has had a lot of ups and downs over his long careeꦏr (especially that infamous 3D era that nobody can seem to get over), things have been looking a lot more positive for the Blue Blur and his friends in recent years. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Not only 💜is he a bona fide movie star now, but almost all of his lates🐠t games like Frontiers and Shadow Generat🅺ions have been very well-received by fans and critics.

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That being said, there has been one surprising bump in the road for Sonic that none of us saw coming - the middliไng reception to Sonic Superstars. Considering how massive Mania was for Sega, Superstars seemed like an easy slam-dunk, but that's not what ended up happening at all.

Sonic Superstars Was A "Disappointment", According To Sega

sonic wearing a shadow costume in superstars
via Sega

When Sonic Superstars launched, it received a very muted reception from critics a🐽nd fans, with Sega also admitting that it didn't s🅘ell𒆙 as well as it had hoped, likely due to launching next to Super Mario Bros. Wonder. , , which led to a discussion on Sonic's recent outings.

Eurogamer asked Utsumi about the quality control when it comes to Sonic games and compared it to mainline Mario titles feeling like a "big event". This led Utsumi to admit that Sonic Superstars turned out to be a "disapღpointment" when it comes to how it was delivered, something that the studio is working on to maximise the "transmedia direction".

We were trying to do something creative with Sonic Frontiers. With Sonic Superstars it turned out to be a disappointment, in terms of the outcไome compared to what we delivered. This time 🎃we have Sonic X Shadow Generations and the next Sonic movie, so we're pushing things in the transmedia direction - movies and games working in harmony to make things bigger. - Shuji Utsumi

While Utsumi seems to be a bit let down by Superstars' performance and reception, he does at least say that Sonic X Shadow Generations is "actually very goodꦇ", so it seems that the studio is back on track when it comes to the Blue Blur. Here's hoping th𝐆at streak continues with the recently revealed Sonic Racing CrossWorlds.

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